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The '''Neo-Luciferian Church''' is a [[Luciferianism|Luciferian]] [[Gnosticism|Gnostic]] organisation with roots in [[Western esotericism]], [[Thelema]], and [[Magic (paranormal)|magic]].<br />
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==History==<br />
The Neo-Luciferian Church began in 2005 as a collaboration between Danish occultist Bjarne Salling Pedersen and the American artist, author, and philosopher [[Michael Bertiaux]]. The Church was inspired as a reawakening and modern interpretation of the [[Luciferianism|Luciferian]] [[Gnosticism]] advocated by early 1900s Danish occultist and [[Ordo Templi Orientis]] member Ben Kadosh, pseudonym of [[Carl William Hansen]].<ref>{{cite web | author= Per Faxneld | title= The strange case of Ben Kadosh: A Luciferian pamphlet from 1906 and its current renaissance | url= http://www.ntnu.no/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=c3ae69e6-4b33-4d6f-ab65-72c9b0d8eaf7&groupId=10244 | access-date= 5 January 2013 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121010063555/http://www.ntnu.no/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=c3ae69e6-4b33-4d6f-ab65-72c9b0d8eaf7&groupId=10244 | archive-date= 10 October 2012 | url-status= dead }}</ref> Today the organisation is primarily active in [[Denmark]] and [[Sweden]].<br />
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==Teachings==<br />
The Neo-Luciferian Church incorporates elements from [[Thelema]], [[Gnosticism]], [[West African Vodun|Voodoo]], [[occultism]], and [[witchcraft]]. There is an emphasis on art, [[psychology]], and critical thinking.<ref>{{cite web |author=[[Bjarne Pedersen]] |title=Arts and the Occult |url=http://fulgur.co.uk/artists/michael-bertiaux/arts-and-the-occult-an-interview-with-michael-bertiaux/ |publisher=Fulgur Limited}}</ref><br />
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The mythology draws heavily on [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] and [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] sources as well as more dubious modern writings, such as [[Charles Leland]]'s ''[[Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches]]'', the works of [[Dion Fortune]], [[Michael Bertiaux]], and [[Aleister Crowley]].<br />
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The Neo-Luciferian Church operates within a graded system of seven degrees. It is a succession from several churches: some Gnostic and magical in origin, and others belonging to the succession described in the ''Ecclesia Gnostica Spiritualis''.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130424075352/http://www.neoluciferianchurch.dk/ The Neo-Luciferian Church]<br />
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